Waterworld Up For Closure – Possible New Facility
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January 23, 2014 at 11:27 am #65999
wrexviewParticipantLooks like the money is actually a loan, so implications for repayment and interest if the Council do go for it!
January 27, 2014 at 10:28 am #66082
Daave63ParticipantSAVE WATERWORLD !!
Regarding ‘consultants’, they come into organisation to ‘save’ money. They look at specific things, get the exsisting overworked staff to do their job for them and then submit a fancy & over complicated report of their findings. Their expert findings can save £millions but only if savage cuts are made – nothing practicle, workable or even any mention of a viable replacement – they then take their overblown fees and move on to the next one – clever stuff. Their reports are then accepted as gospell and front-line staff have to continue providing the service with slashed budgets!February 2, 2014 at 4:25 pm #65989
RobParticipantFurther to the wrexham.com report last week on Cadw looking into listing etc Calls For Cadw To Make Waterworld A Listed Building | Wrexham.com
Daily Post reporting yesterday Doomed Wrexham Waterworld in listed building bid proposal – Daily Post saying that Cadw are looking at a site visit – so it must be being taken seriously
“We are currently in the process of considering this request, including a site visit, and a decision will be taken in due course.”
February 2, 2014 at 7:33 pm #66000
wrexviewParticipant” A Wrexham council spokeswoman said: “Cadw have been called to assess whether it should be a listed building. If it is given listed building status then before anything could be done it would require listed building consent.”
Even if listed status is awarded, a new complex could be built and Waterworld left to stand empty.
The above quote is from the Daily Post article. The Council spokesperson doesn’t seem to want CADW to award Waterworld listed status, something that might attract grants to help maintain the building. I wonder if Councillors will wait for the outcome before making a final decision?
February 2, 2014 at 10:10 pm #66077
wxmParticipantThe whole thing stinks
But would 50 new councillors have the will and time to stand for office
February 5, 2014 at 8:48 pm #66035
zingerParticipantPerhaps Wrexham as a town should all be demolished and atarted again from scratch. The town evolved over a long period of time. We can never replace what has been destroyed. We will never get a new swimming pool unless we get into lots of debt which will need repaying at exorbitant rates. We are going backwards. Why did we need an extension on the Guildhall anyway? That is one place that I would be happy to see demolished. Why did we need a police station that wobbled in the wind?
February 12, 2014 at 11:52 am #66075
gogleddParticipantCouncillors vote to close Plas Madoc by a vote of 7 to 2. They also voted to close Waterworld and ‘possibly’ replace it with a new facility.
BBC News – Wrexham councillors vote to close Plas Madoc Leisure Centre
February 12, 2014 at 11:55 am #65990
RobParticipantWe did a lengthier report on the meeting aside from the live tweets – it was quite a tempestuous affair with the end of the agenda item having very vocal ‘feedback’ shouted!
Council Plas Madoc Closure: Full Meeting Report | Wrexham.com
February 12, 2014 at 12:15 pm #66026
AdamParticipantJust an observation:
Those who voted in favour:
Council Leader Neil Rogers,
Cllr Mark Pritchard,
Cllr Michael Williams,
Cllr Bob Dutton,
Cllr Malcolm King
Cllr David Griffiths,
Cllr Hugh Jones.The 7 Lead members of the executive committee:
Council Leader Neil Rogers,
Cllr Mark Pritchard,
Cllr Michael Williams,
Cllr Bob Dutton,
Cllr Malcolm King
Cllr David Griffiths,
Cllr Hugh Jones.And from the council website:
“At its Annual Meeting held on 24 May 2006, the Council revised its constitutional arrangements to permit the Council Leader to appoint Members of the Executive Board to lead roles.”
February 12, 2014 at 12:56 pm #66063
MP1953ParticipantThese closures are just another couple of more nails in the coffin of Wrexham, but this is not a recent thing as the powers to be have for many, many years made poor decisions and chose wrong priorities on behalf of genuine Wrexham people I like to call them. for e.g. city status, Glyndwr University, the destruction of Wrexhams heritage as a town etc. etc. :rolleyes:
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